Seances (2016)
Seances, co-created with the National Film Board of Canada, presents a wholly new way of experiencing film narrative. By dynamically generating a series of film sequences in unique configurations, potentially hundreds of thousands of new stories are conjured by code. Each will exist only in the moment—no pausing, scrubbing, or sharing—offering the audience one chance to see the generated film. This project, co-created by the ever imaginative Guy Maddin, is a visual discourse on the impact of loss within film. All the sequences pay homage to lost silent films from the early day of cinema. Seances is nostalgic but it is also frequently hilarious. Part of the joy and sadness of Seances is that many possible narratives are created but they can be only viewed once before they disappear forever.
Directors: Guy Maddin, Galen Johnson, Evan Johnson.
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Mathieu Amalric as |
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Céline Bonnier as |
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Amira Casar as |
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Adèle Haenel as |
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Ariane Labed as |
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Charlotte Rampling as |
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Kim Morgan as |
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Vasco Bailly-Gentaud as |
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Jacques Bonnaffé as |
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Geraldine Chaplin as |
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Miguel Eduardo Cueva as |
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Slimane Dazi as |
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Jeanne de France as |
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Maria de Medeiros as |
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Mathieu Demy as |
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Grégory Gadebois as |
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Udo Kier as |
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Christophe Paou as |
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André Wilms as |
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Jean-François Stévenin as |
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Elina Löwensohn as |
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Victoire du Bois as |
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Jacques Nolot as |
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Roy Dupuis as |
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Caroline Dhavernas as |
| Directing | Guy Maddin | Director |
| Directing | Galen Johnson | Director |
| Directing | Evan Johnson | Director |
| Writing | Guy Maddin | Writer |
| Art | Galen Johnson | Production Design |
| Writing | Bob Kotyk | Writer |
| Production | David Christensen | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Élodie Mard-Pasqualini | Costume Design |
| Camera | Benjamin Kasulke | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Evan Johnson | Writer |
| Editing | John Gurdebeke | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Olivier Ligen | Costume Design |
| Production | Alexandre Nazarian | Casting |
| Production | Phyllis Lang | Producer |